About The Word Punishment
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Punishment
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What's The Definition Of Punishment?
[n] the act of punishing
Synonyms | Synonyms for Punishment: penalisation | penalization | penalty Related Terms | Find terms related to Punishment: See Also | castigation | chastisement | corporal punishment | correction | cruel and unusual punishment | detention | discipline | economic strangulation | imprisonment | medicine | music | penance | self-abasement | self-mortification | self-punishment | social control | stick Punishment In Webster's Dictionary \Pun"ish*ment\, n.
Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. [Colloq. or Slang]
\Pun"ish*ment\, n. 1. The act of punishing. 2. Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense. I never gave them condign punishment. --Shak. The rewards and punishments of another life. --Locke. 3. (Law) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention. |
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